Xiang Ying

Xiang Ying (1895-1941) was a Communist Party of China politician from Hebei and commander of the New Fourth Army until his 1941 murder.

Biography
Xiang Ying was born in 1895 in Hebei, and he was a labor organizer before joining the Communist Party of China. In October 1934, he took part in a rear guard action during Mao Zedong's famous Long March, coordinating guerrilla operations to harass Kuomintang forces under Chiang Kai-shek. In July 1937, his guerrillas became the New Fourth Army, a legitimate fighting force which fought against Japan. In 1941, he was murdered and robbed by one of his own staff officers after the New Fourth Army incident, after which Xiang Ying attempted to escape with some gold. The murderer would turn himself in to the nationalists, and he would die at some point after 1949.